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HEARING - Consider the recommendations from the Legislative Program Committee of July 19, 2004, as follows: (EST. TIME: 30 MIN.)
a) Support the passage of Proposition 63, The Mental Health Services Expansion and Funding Act, which has qualified and will appear on the November 2, 2004 General Election Ballot;
b) Remove Opposition and Move to a "Neutral" position on SB 18 (Burton, Chesbro, and Ducheny) Traditional Tribal Cultural Places, as Amended July 1, 2004;
c) Consider a proposal to sponsor legislation, in the legislative session which will begin in January 2005, to amend Section 1191 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to give the Board of Supervisors the authority to, upon a 2/3 vote of the electorate, increase the documentary transfer tax by fifty-five cents ($0.55) for each $500 of sales price, to fund the creation of workforce housing. Further, direct the Director of Housing and Community Development to consider amending the proposal to include Zones of Benefit which would allow regions or sub-regions of the County to vote to authorize the increase in the documentary transfer tax;
d) Watch AB 2902 (Hancock) CEQA: Project Approvals. AB 2902 establishes a procedure for sharing the cost of mitigating projects subject to CEQA among public agencies affected by the projects.
COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S RECOMMENDATION: POLICY
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